Les albums de guerre de Bécassine et des Pieds Nickelés (1913-1919) : un exemple de sérialité au service de la classicisation et de la postérité littéraire

Abstract

This article explains the triple seriality which contributed to the fame of the war picturebooks of Bécassine and the Pieds Nickelés published from 1913 to 1919, and first published as comic strips in the weeklies La Semaine de Suzette and L’Épatant. This study aims to show how the belligerent and propagandist context contributed to the popularity of the adventures of these heroes through the effect of reality and the narrative tension, first in the strip of a board, then between magazine episodes and finally between picturebooks. It will then be necessary to consider the editorial strategy for the sequential distribution of stories. Finally, we note the role of the cliffhanger in the reinforcement of a recurring literariness and the construction of literary and social types.

Keywords

• war
• character
• propaganda
• comic book
• press
• First World War